DNS setup in Windows 2003

DNS setup for name server in Windows 2003

[peterjm]

I just registered the a domain (example.ca) and im wondering how I can host it myself. I have never setup a dns server before. I have a single box running windows server 2003 with 2 nics.

The Internet on one NIC:
Running off of a residential shaw connection (dhcp) but the ip never changes (24.86.10.71) when i do a lookup on "h24-86-10-71.vn.shawcable.net" it picks up that address but gets a Non-authoritative answer.

The Lan connection on the other NIC:
Set to use the ip 192.168.0.1 witha subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. It is also set to use the preferred DNS server 192.168.0.1.

The Full computer name is "exampleserver" and it is part of the domain "example.local"

In DNS Management I Have the Zone Example.local under Forward Lookup Zones and Nothing Under Reverse Lookup Zones.

I have tried Creating example.ca and Pointing the New Host (A) and Name Server (NS) objects to various IP's but it didnt work when i went to example.ca or pinged it externaly. Only Internaly. so i deleted example.ca so I could start clean.

The company I setup my domain with Wants a Primary Name Server and IP Address. I have set these to "h24-86-10-71.vn.shawcable.net" and "24.86.10.71" for now but im guessing i can change that to exampleserver.example.ca when i set this up correctly?

Could someone please run me through, or show me a site that explains how to setup a new lookup zone and name server(s)? I cant seem to find any usefull information on the web as strage as that is.

Thanks In Advance for any help pointing me in the right direction.

[edited by: buckworks at 7:53 pm (utc) on May 25, 2007]

[sabai]

Hi -

I am considering doing this myself, but I think that unless you are a really into linux admin then handling DNS yourself can be a real PITA... there is a free DNS servece here [zoneedit.com ]... hope it helps, sorry if it's not the answer you were looking for.

[peterjm]

I would do that but the thing is im going to be running multiple domain names and an exchange server for email.

[peterjm]

I installed windows server 2003 automatically and it configured _msdcs.example.local and example.local as the forward lookup zones. when i make a example.ca i only get the SOA and NS Files created. They also point to example.local. Another question I have is in the server object properties in DNS under forwarders tab, Should i be entering my ISP's DNS servers IP addresses here? and if so do i to this under "All other DNS domains" or do i type example.ca here?

Thanks a ton for any help!

[edited by: buckworks at 7:55 pm (utc) on May 25, 2007]
[edit reason] examplified [/edit]

[vrtlw]

Another question I have is in the server object properties in DNS under forwarders tab

Absolutely

And secondly you need to set the reverse lookup DNS (PTR)

For that if you have a class C subnet you take the first 3 octets and reverse them then add .in-addr.arpa to the end, for example.

193.1.10.50 on a 255.255.255.0 mask in your forward dns zone (for example only) would become...

10.1.193.in-addr.arpa.

HTH

[peterjm]

and then i setup a PTR Record within the 24.86.10.x subnet with the last number and point it to ns1.example.ca?